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1.1       jmmv        1: [[!template id=project
                      2: 
                      3: title="Packet Latency Library"
                      4: 
                      5: contact="""
                      6: [tech-net](mailto:tech-net@NetBSD.org)
                      7: """
                      8: 
                      9: mentors="""
                     10: [David Young](mailto:dyoung@NetBSD.org)
                     11: """
                     12: 
1.3     ! jmmv       13: category="kernel"
        !            14: difficulty="medium"
1.1       jmmv       15: duration="3 months"
                     16: 
                     17: description="""
                     18: Write a library of routines that estimate the expected transmission
                     19: duration of a queue of 802.3 or 802.11 frames based on the current bit
                     20: rate, applicable overhead, and the backoff level.  The kernel will use
                     21: this library to help it decide when packet queues have grown too long in
                     22: order to mitigate "buffer bloat."
                     23: """
                     24: ]]